Ubuntu – Synchronize panes in byobu

Byobu is simply a shell for the tmux (or screen) back end terminal multiplexor. You can therefore pass any command that your back end supports through Byobu.

Byobu with tmux back end

To start a new Byobu session with a specified name:

byobu new -s <session-name>

To change the name of a pre-existing session:

byobu rename -t <session-name> <new-session-name>

Byobu with screen back end

To start a new Byobu session with a specified name:

byobu -S <session-name>

To change the name of a pre-existing session:

byobu -X <session-name> <new-session-name>

Note: All credit to J.F.Sabastian for his help. I've now verified the above commands are correct for both Tmux and Screen backed Byobu.

I'm assuming that you configured byobu to use Ctrl-A as tmux's escape sequence.

The commands that you type in your terminal are first handled by your local tmux instance, then handled by the nested tmux session. This means you need to escape twice to go to the nested instance:

• Ctrl-a c # opens a window in your local session
• Ctrl-a Ctrl-a c # opens a window in your remote session

If the second line does not work, try (as pointed out by @artm)

• Ctrl-a a c # second a without Ctrl